Umberto Eco

“A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

Adrian Van Young on the Monstrous Stories That Shaped Him

 
By Adrian Van Young  October 31, 2023
On Poetry

What Suitcases Taught Ana Menéndez About Art, Exile, and Poetry

By Ana Menéndez  June 26, 2023
What to Watch

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

By Literary Hub  June 22, 2023
The Quarantine Tapes

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

By The Quarantine Tapes  February 18, 2021
The Hub

Umberto Eco tracking down a book in his massive library is your new competence porn.

By Jessie Gaynor  January 21, 2021
The Art of the List

Emily Temple on Translating a Decade of Internet Writing into a Debut Novel

By Emily Temple  June 16, 2020
Fascism

The Middle of History: Readings on Democracy, Fascism, and the Uncertain Space Between

By Jonny Diamond  June 2, 2020
What to Read Next

The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages

By Emily Temple  April 9, 2020
What to Read

10 Great Works of Historical Fiction to Ease Your Thomas Cromwell Withdrawal

By Emily Temple  March 11, 2020
Aesthetics

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

By Umberto Eco  December 9, 2019
Reading Lists

All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

By Sara Sligar  November 7, 2019
Essay

What I Learned From Photographing Great Writers

By Beowulf Sheehan  October 9, 2018
Feature

What Your New Roommate’s Favorite Book Says About Them

By Emily Temple  September 4, 2018
What to Read

10 Little-Known Children’s Books by Famous Writers

By Emily Temple  August 23, 2018
Feature

Famous Authors Who Died on the Exact Same Day

By Emily Temple  August 6, 2018
Excerpts

Capitalism or Fascism: Which Has Shaped Italy More?

By Umberto Eco  November 15, 2017
Feature

Our 10 Most Read Stories About Donald Trump

By Literary Hub  November 6, 2017
What to Read

10 Works of Labyrinthine Literature to Get Lost In

By Emily Temple  June 14, 2017
Deep Dive

We See What We Want: On the Ever-Widening Political Divide

By Gabrielle Bellot  January 19, 2017
End of Year Lists

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

By Emily Temple  December 30, 2016
Feature

Infiltrating Literature’s Secret Societies

By Tobias Carroll  April 29, 2016
What to Read

The Grumpy Librarian: When You Get Thrown Out of Book Club

By Caitlin Goodman  April 7, 2016
Politics

Umberto Eco on Donald Trump: 14 Ways of Looking at a Fascist

By Lorraine Berry  February 29, 2016
Essay

Writing While Translating

By Idra Novey  February 25, 2016
What to Read

Five Books Making News This Week: Second Acts and Elegies

By Jane Ciabattari  February 23, 2016
Features

Numero Zero

By Lit Hub Excerpts  November 2, 2015
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